Peace of Mind

Some of you may not know that I'm a weather freak. I come from a line of weather freaks (My dad is always watching the weather channel...and I am too). When I was a little girl, my dad and I got stuck on the golf course during a very scary thunderstorm. Ever since that day, I have been very conscious about the weather around me.

Since the birth of our daughter, Daniel and I always check the weather before we go to bed. Daniel also warns me of the type of weather to expect for the day each morning whether it be a air quality alert or thunderstorms in the afternoon. Now that we have another life that depends on us, new fears arise such as weather issues.

After waking to thunderstorms a couple of weeks ago and learning the morning after that there were tornados that touched down not to far from our house, we decided we needed to do something to insure our safety. So my gaget crazy husband suggested a weather radio. At first I was skeptical because we have bought a weather radio before that didn't work. But I agreed with my husband and we bought a Midland weather radio.

This is by far the best "baby" purchase we have made. The night we turned it on Daniel had band practice. And guess what, the radio went off and we had severe storms that evening.

This week my husband has been in Kentucky playing bass guitar at a church camp. I can't even begin to discribe to you how relax I have been about the weather while he as been gone compared to other times he has been away. It's nice to know that if some bad storms or tornados are in the area, that I will be woken up and warned. One of my biggest fears as a mom is for something to happen to my daughter and not having the ability to help her. The weather is one less thing I don't have to worry about thanks to this inexpensive purchase (http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=90128246&listingid=1348708&dcaid=17902).